Barracas beat Atlético Tucumán, move into Torneo Apertura playoffs | OneFootball

Barracas Central defeated Atlético Tucumán 2-1 and moved into the playoff zone of the Torneo Apertura of the Professional Football League. At the Claudio Tapia stadium, Rubén Darío Insúa’s team celebrated in the continuation of the eleventh round of the First Division championship and further complicated the outlook for Julio César Falcioni’s side.

Gonzalo Maroni opened the scoring for El Guapo at the 13th minute of the first half. However, his teammate Nicolás Demartini leveled the match with an own goal in the 24th minute. But just one minute later, Facundo Bruera sealed the final score after being assisted by Lucas Gamba.

In a heated ending, El Decano finished with 9 players on the field due to the expulsions of Lautaro Godoy (second yellow card) and Kevin Ortiz (straight red), at the 43rd minute and in added time, respectively.

With this result, El Guapo reached 15 points in Zone B, while El Decano remains with six points. In the next round, Barracas will visit Huracán on Monday, March 23 at 9:15 p.m.; while the Tucumán team will host Gimnasia La Plata on Friday, the 20th of this month from 9 p.m.

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